Calling APIs with React

By Christian Wenz
This course will teach you everything about calling APIs from your React app.
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(20)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Mar 16, 2021
Duration
2h 14m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 1m
Making HTTP Requests
Introduction 1m API Workflow 2m Prerequisites 2m Globoticket Site 3m Touring the Site's Code 10m Touring the API Code 6m React Lifecycle 2m JavaScript HTTP Request Options 3m Fetch API 5m Using the Events API 3m Using the Shopping Cart API 8m
More HTTP Request Options
Introduction 0m Going Async 2m Using Redux Thunk - Part 1 6m Using Redux Thunk - Part 2 5m The Axios HTTP Client 3m Using Axios 6m Summary 2m
Advanced Data Retrieval
Introduction 0m Pain Points 2m React Query 4m Using React Query 5m Adding Pagination 5m Mutations 6m Using SWR 6m SWR Mutations 8m Code Cleanup 3m Summary 1m
Testing and Error Handling
Introduction 0m Faking APIs 1m Mocking with Mirage JS 3m Stubbing with json-server 4m Centralized Error Handling 6m Error Boundaries 4m Using Suspense 3m Summary 2m
Description
Course info
Rating
(20)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Mar 16, 2021
Duration
2h 14m
Description

Single-page applications commonly use APIs to retrieve data from the server. In this course, Calling APIs with React, you’ll learn to use React to communicate with APIs. First, you’ll explore how to send HTTP requests and use the results from React. Next, you’ll discover more advanced mechanisms to call APIs, such as React Query and SWR. Finally, you’ll see how to test your APIs and use proper error handling. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of React needed to work with APIs.

About the author
Christian Wenz
About the author

Christian Wenz is an author, consultant and trainer focusing on web technologies. He wrote or co-wrote over 100 books, is a fixture at international developer conferences since 2001, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for ASP.NET, an ASPInsiders member, and main author of the Zend PHP 5.5 certification.

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Course Overview
Hi, everyone. My name is Christian Wenz, and welcome to my course, Calling APIs with React. I'm an independent developer and software architect and support many companies in everything web. Essentially, every single‑page application is using an API to exchange data and information with the server, and practically every React app is a single‑page application. In this course, we are going to look at different options to call an API from React. Some of the major topics that we will cover include making HTTP requests, using libraries like React Query, SWR, and Axios, properly handling errors, and testing APIs. By the end of this course, you will know how to call an API from React and handle the results. Before beginning the course, you should be familiar with the basics of using React. I hope you will join me on this journey to learn how to handle HTTP requests and more with the Calling APIs with React course, at Pluralsight.

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